Bellows Free Academy Middle/High School (Fairfax)

Bellows Free Academy Middle/High School (Fairfax) is one of the modestly sized senior highs in Fairfax, Vermont, part of Fairfax School District, with 393 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12.

Across the 2 schools in Fairfax School District (972 students total), Bellows Free Academy Middle/High School (Fairfax) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Bellows Free Academy Middle/High School (Fairfax) lists that nearly all students (96%) are White.

On the resource side, On paper, Bellows Free Academy Middle/High School (Fairfax) has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Franklin County (around 53%), the school's rate is south of typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate median household earnings sit near $81,313, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Franklin County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,007 students), of which Bellows Free Academy Middle/High School (Fairfax) is one.

Bellows Free Academy Elementary (Fairfax) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Bellows Free Academy Middle/High School (Fairfax).

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 42%: 277 students in 2018 compared to 393 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.